Tatra Trucks, in cooperation with industrial and academic partners, is developing an automated driving system to enable autonomous truck driving. Once the project is completed, the Tatra with automated steering will be used, for example, in industrial and mining areas, and will also be used by emergency services, which want to deploy such vehicles in dangerous locations where there is a risk to the crew.
The project, which is planned to end with a Tatra with automated steering on level 3, which will enable fully autonomous driving, was launched in 2021 by the Kopřivnice automotive company in cooperation with Valeo and the Mobility Lab team of the University of Mining and Metallurgy - Technical University of Ostrava led by Doc. Ing. Petr Šimoník, Ph.D. and, in addition to other academics, students and PhD students have also joined the project.
Tatra Trucks has prepared for the project the Tatra Force of the latest 3rd generation, which had its premiere in the spring of this year. The new generation of the Tatra Force model range is equipped with modern electronic systems that are essential for the implementation of autonomous driving features.
TATRA FORCE - Automated driving
Valeo is responsible for the integration of sensor elements such as ultrasonic, radar, laser and camera sensor systems and the subsequent processing of control algorithms in the Tatra automated driving project.
Mobility Lab at VŠB-TUO specializes in teaching, development and research of technical software and hardware for automated control of cars, trucks, public transport and industrial vehicles.
The project is divided into three phases, with the first already completed during 2023. The internal goal is to reach level 3 on the prototype with automated control.
In Phase 1, the goal was to integrate sensors into Tatra vehicles and to make the right turn assist and passive lane change assist operational.
In phase 2, the vehicle is equipped with Lidar for informative obstacle detection.
In Phase 3, sensors will be used to control the vehicle via an interface (steering, braking, acceleration). This will enable the functions of adaptive cruise control, advanced emergency braking, lane change assist and more.
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